CURRICULUM VITAE (updated 4/7/14) NAME: PROFESSION: ADDRESS: Deandra M. Grant Founder & CEO, Law Office of Deandra M. Grant P.C., 1994-present President, International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc., March 2013-present Vice President, International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc., August 2012- March 2013 Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County, Texas 1993-94 Law Office of Deandra M. Grant PC 800 E. Campbell, Suite 110 Richardson, TX 75081 OFFICE PHONE: (972) 943-8500 FAX NUMBER: (972) 432-7547 E-MAIL: WEBSITE: BLOG: TexasDWIGal@gmail.com www.texasdwigal.com TexasDWIGal.blogspot.com EDUCATION: Graduate Degree Candidate: Masters in Forensic Science University of Florida, College of Pharmacy Gainesville, Florida (expected graduation 2016) Graduate Degree: Juris Doctor SMU School of Law Dallas, Texas 1990-1993 Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Science Trinity University San Antonio, Texas 1986-1990 Primary: Plano Senior High School Plano, Texas 1984-1986 HONORS: 2014, D Magazine s Best Lawyers in Dallas: DWI 2014, Texas Top Attorneys 2013, National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers 2013, Texas Top Attorneys 2013, Best Criminal Defense Lawyers in Dallas DWI 2013, President s Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. 2012, Top Advocate Award, Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. 2012, Texas Super Lawyers 2012, President s Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. 1
2011, Texas Super Lawyers 2011, D Magazine s Best Lawyers in Dallas 2010, D Magazine s Best Women Lawyers in Dallas AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers The College of the State Bar Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity ASSOCIATIONS: State Bar of Texas Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board 2011-15, DWI Committee) Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board 2007-14) Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Dallas Bar Association Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association American Academy of Forensic Sciences American Chemical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for Clinical Chemistry PUBLICATIONS: Co-author, The Texas DWI Manual, James Publishing, 2013 Attacking Breath Test Results, EGuide, James Publishing, 2013 Missouri v. McNeely: Are Warrantless Blood Draws History?, Voice For the Defense Magazine, October 2013 TRAINING: 2014 Forensic Drug Analysis Course American Chemical Society/Axion Labs, Chicago, IL 2013 Hands-On Forensic DNA For Lawyers Course, Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 2012 Terry MacCarthy Cross Examination Workshop, San Antonio, TX 2012 Terry MacCarthy Cross Examination Workshop, Tampa, FL 2011 Forensic Chromatography Course American Chemical Society/Axion Labs, Chicago, IL 2010 Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certification Course 2010 20-hour Multi-Device Breath Testing Course, Atlanta, GA 2010 NHTSA Drug Evaluation & Classification Overview Course (DRE) 2009 NHTSA Standard Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Course 2008 28-hour Forensic Blood & Urine Testing Seminar, Atlanta, GA 2008 NHTSA Standard Field Sobriety Testing Course 2004 Intoxilyzer 5000 Operator Certification Course, Palm Springs, FL 2004 Intoxilyzer 5000 Maintenance Technician Certification Course, Palm Springs, FL 2004 Breath Analysis Forensic Workshop, Florida International University 2
GUEST LECTURES: Forensic Aspects of Modern DWI Defense, San Marcos, TX, October 2013 Visiting Lecturer, Texas State University DWI Defense 101, Lubbock, TX, October 2013 Visiting Lecturer, Texas Tech School of Law Defending DWI Cases with Blood Evidence, Dallas, TX, October 2013 Visiting Lecturer, SMU School of Law DWI Blood Cases: A Primer, Dallas, TX, October 2012 Visiting Lecturer, SMU School of Law PRESENTATIONS: Blinding Them With Science: DWI Blood Evidence, Arlington, Texas, May 2014 Seminar: David Burrows DWI: The Future (TCDLA Course Director) Blinding Them With Science: DWI Blood Evidence, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2014 Seminar: Advanced DUI Seminar (Utah Association of Criminal Defense Enzymatic Serum Ethanol Testing and Its Use As Forensic Evidence in a Criminal Case Oral Presentation of Abstract, Dallas, TX, March 2014 Seminar: 247 th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition Team Innocent, Columbus, OH, March 2014 Blinding Them With Science: DWI Blood Evidence, Key West, FL, February 2014 Seminar: Diving Into a DUI Case (Lyons Legal Seminars) Understanding Blood Alcohol Testing, Ft. Worth, Texas, January 2014 Seminar: Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association CLE (TCCDLA) Blinding Them With Science: DWI Defense, Lubbock, TX, January 2014 Seminar: 34 th Annual LCDLA Prairie Dog Lawyers Advanced Criminal Law Seminar (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Understanding Blood Alcohol Testing, Denton, TX, December 2013 Seminar: 6 th Annual Jolly Roger Hal Jackson Memorial Criminal Law Seminar (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Course Director & Seminar Faculty, Denver, CO, October 2013 Seminar: DUI Drug Cases & DRE: Mastering the Science & Trial Skills (Int l Legal & Forensic Science Services Course Director & Instructor) Course Director & Seminar Faculty, Lubbock, TX, October 2013 Seminar: 1-Day Trial Skills: Defending a DWI with Breath/Blood Evidence 3
(International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. Course Director and Instructor) Prepping and Trying a Blood Draw DWI Case, McKinney, TX, September 2013 Seminar: 3CDLA DWI Nuts n Bolts Seminar (Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Team Innocent, Dallas, TX, August 2013 Seminar: DCDLA Monthly CLE (Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers McCarthy Cross, Dallas, TX, July 2013 Seminar: 1-Day Trial Skills: Defending a DWI with Breath/Blood Evidence (International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. Course Director and Faculty) Trial Skills for DWI Blood Cases, Forney, TX, July 2013 Seminar: KCCDLA Monthly CLE (Kaufman County Criminal Defense Lawyers DWI Case Law Update: Blood Evidence, Dallas, TX, July 2013 Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Course DWI Track (State Bar of Texas Blood & McNeely: A Status Update, Ft. Worth, TX, May 2013 Seminar: TCCDLA Monthly CLE (Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Working Blood Magic in a Vampire World, Arlington, TX May 2013 Seminar: DWI Defense Project (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Mission Impossible: Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases & Working Blood Magic in a Vampire World, Columbus, OH, March 2013 Team Innocent, Columbus, OH, March 2013 Seminar: Annual Trial Skills Workshop (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Faculty) Cross Examination in a Criminal Case, Miami, FL, February 2013 Seminar: Trial Skills Workshop (International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. Course Director and Instructor) Working Blood Magic in a Vampire World, Key West, FL, February 2013 Seminar: Diving Into a DUI Case (Lyons Legal Seminars) DWI Basics for the Non-Criminal Law Specialist, Dallas, TX, December 2012 Seminar: DWI Panel (Dallas Bar DWI Discovery &Trial Tactics for Blood Test Cases, McKinney, TX, December 4
2012 Seminar: Monthly Meeting (Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal-Mart Shopper, McKinney, TX, November 2012 Seminar: Trying Blood Cases in Collin County (Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal-Mart Shopper, Sugarland, TX, November 2012 Seminar: Gideon s Trumpet (TCDLA) DWI Blood Cases: A Primer & Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal- Mart Shopper, Albuquerque, NM, November 2012 Seminar: Annual DUI Seminar (New Mexico Association of Criminal Defense Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal-Mart Shopper, Tunica, MS, October 2012 Seminar: TACDL Annual DUI Seminar (Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Seminar Faculty, Dallas, TX, September 2012 Seminar: Intoxilyzer 5000 Boot Camp (International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. Course Director and Instructor) DWI Blood Cases: A Primer, Austin, TX, September 2012 Seminar: Monthly CLE (Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Highway Through the Danger Zone: Cross Examination of the Arresting Officer, Austin, TX, August 2012 Seminar: Top Gun DWI (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Instructor & Co-Course Director, Dallas, TX, August 2012 Seminar: NHTSA SFST Practitioner Course (Platt & Associates) Defending a DWI Blood Test Case, San Antonio, TX, July 2012 Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Seminar DWI Track (State Bar of Texas Building the Ultimate DUI Trial Notebook, Monterrey, CA, June 2012 Seminar: 4 th Annual DUI Defense Practice Institute (California Public Defenders DWI Blood Cases: A Primer, Tunica, MS, June 2012 Seminar: Betting on Justice XII (Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Battling Blood: Qualified Person? Sanitary Place?, Dallas, TX, June 2012 Seminar: Monthly CLE (Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers 5
Battling Blood: Qualified Person? Sanitary Place?, Arlington, TX, May 2012 Seminar: DWI Defense Project (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Seminar Faculty, Columbus, OH, March 2012 Seminar: First Annual Trial Skills Workshop (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Challenging Breath Tests, Columbus, OH, March 2012 Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, Austin, TX, December 2011 Seminar: DWI & Gas Chromatography Defeating the Blood Test Case (TCDLA) Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, San Antonio, TX, September 2011 Seminar: No Means No Defending the No Refusal Case (TCDLA & San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Mock Cross Examination of the State s Blood Expert, Houston, TX, August 2011 Seminar: Top Gun DWI Blood, Breath & Beyond (TCDLA) Blood Suppression After the Robinson Case, Dallas, TX, August 2011 Seminar: Monthly Meeting (Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers DWI Case Law Update, San Antonio, TX, June 2011 Seminar: State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting The Intoxilyzer 5000 From the Defense Perspective, Dallas, TX, May 2011 Seminar: DWI Technology Conference (Texas Center for the Judiciary) DWI Blood Cases: Discovery, Science & Strategy, Arlington, TX, May 2011 Seminar: DWI Defense Project What You Must Know to Win (TCDLA) Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, New Orleans, LA, April 2011 Seminar: Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI Cases (NCDD/TCDLA) Hospital Blood in DWI Accident Cases & How to Build a House of Doubt at Trial, Columbus, OH, March 2011 Defending the DWI Blood Test Case, McKinney, TX, April 2010 Seminar: Monthly CLE (Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers DWI For the Non-Criminal Specialist, Ft. Worth, TX, June 2010 Seminar: State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting DWI Trial Tactics, Nationwide Phone CLE, July 2010 6
Seminar: DWI Seminar (American Association for Justice) Blood Testing in DWI Cases, Dallas TX, March 2009 Seminar: Advanced DWI Seminar (DCDLA) Blood Cases: Science, Strategy & Discovery, Dallas, TX, May 2009 Seminar: DWI Defense Project (TCDLA) DWI Blood Case Discovery, Dallas, TX, July 2009 Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Seminar (SBOT) Defending the Breath Test Case, Plano, TX, January 2007 Seminar: Defense Trial Tactics to Win a DWI Breath Test Case 7